[arch] latex - figure placement - subfigures

[Eric Belanger]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Damir Perisa wrote:

> Wednesday 03 January 2007 22:11, Eric Belanger wrote:
>  | You can use the placement argument to force latex to put the
>  | figure where you want:
>  | http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex
>  |2e-html/ltx-225.html
>
> yes, thanx, i know - this is where it starts to get messy, because
> forcing figures does not always result in something indended because
> of boxes and boundaries. if at the place you force it to be it is
> suboptimal, latex will refuse to put it there and will mess up the
> current page trying to do so. i can dig out some old experiments, if
> you need illustrative proof.

I don't need proof. I'm well aware about that.


>
>  | You can also use the subfigure package to make subfigures (i.e.
>  | 1(a) 1(b) 1(c) )
>
> this is actually the way i think i should do - like in publication
> papers, simply group figures belonging together to subfigures and
> don't care about "word processing" at all.
>
> i don't have done much with subfigures for now. some years ago, i
> learned about them here
> http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/jenny/jcwdocs/latex/figures.html
> but never played with subfigures. has anybody here experience with
> them? especially are they indexed like normal figures or do i need to
> tinker to make it go into the figures list?

I have experience with subfigures. Yes, they are indexed like normal
figures and you can use labels to reference a specific subfigure. Ask if
you have other questions. I can also post template/examples.

Eric

>
> Eric, thanx for the confirmation about the direction to go - i was
> thinking about this way, and your suggestion shows that it seems a
> way that works.
>
> greetings,
> damir
>
> --
> It is not true that life is one damn thing after another -- it's one
> damn thing over and over.
>
> 	-- Edna St. Vincent Millay
>


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